Election Commission announces dates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019

The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Announcing the dates during a press conference Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner of India said that a whole lot of planning went into planning the election dates. He said, “The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) comes into effect from today itself in the entire country. Any violation will be dealt with in the strictest manner.”

90 crore voters expected to be registered in Electoral Rolls

The Chief Election Commissioner said that 90 crore voters are expected to be registered for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. This is an increase of 8.43 crore new voters as compared to 2014. 1.5 crore voters will fall in the 18-19 age group.

VVPAT will be used in all polling booths. All critical and vulnerable booths will have CCTV facilities.